Turfing attachment for sewing-machines.



No. 676,387. Patented lune n, |9ol.

F. KsTNEn.

TURFING ATTACHMENT FUR SEWING/MACHINES.

(Application led Nov. 22, 1900.) (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet l.

No. 876,387. Patented lune ll, 190|.

' F. KUSTNER. 1

TURFING ATTACHMENT FOB SEWING MACHINES.

(Application filed Nov. 22, 1900.) (N0 Model.) 3 Sheets Sheet 2.

waff/@Zar FIZ/Zzm 9262" Nn. 676,387. Patented lune Il, l90l. F. KUSTNEH. TURFING ATTACHMENT FOB SEWING MACHINES.

(Application filed Nav. 22, 1900.) (No Mode.) SSheets-Sheet 3.

"Ey w16@ UNITEDl STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANZ KSTNER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HERMANN LOOG, OF SAME PLACE.

TURFING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWlNG-MACHINES.

SPEGEFECATXON forming part of Letters Fatemi: No. 676,387, dated June 11, 1901. v

Application tiled November 22, 1900. Serial Nol 37,363. (No model.) y

To all whom it may concern,.- f

Be it known that I, FRANZ KSTNER, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at 27 Acre Lane, Brixton, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turfing Attachments for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a turfing attachment for sewing-machines whereby embroidery, pile, and the like can be produced in any desired pattern and to any desired closeness, the appliances being easily attachable to an ordinary sewing-machine.

The invention will be understood from the following description, aided by the accompanying drawings, in which l Figure 1 is an elevation of the head of a sewing-machine with the appliances attached, the position being that of the commencement of the downstroke. Fig. 2 is an elevation of part of the presser-foot,needle-bar, and workplate, the appliances being'attached and in the position they occupy when nearing the bottom of the down'stroke. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the head of a sewing-machine with the appliances in the position they occupy when the needle-bar is at the bottom of the stroke. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are side, plan, and face views of one of the appliances and consisting of a sleeve having a depending loop. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are side, plan, and face views of the other appliance and consisting of a double sleeve, one carrying a depending plate, Fig. Si* being a section on line 1 1 of Fig. 9. Figs. 10 and l11 are perspective elevations of portions of the needle-bar and presser-foot bar with the appliances attached, Fig. 10 showing the appliances in the position they occupy for the greater portion of the upstroke and Fig. 11 that Vfor the greater portionof the downstroke. Fig. 12 is a perspective elevation of the presser-foot it is preferred to employ. Figs. 13 and 14 are plan and edge views of the tambour-frame it is preferred to employ.

For the purpose of this invention a kind of sleeve d having a depending loop b is screwed or otherwise applied to the needle-bar c of a sewing machine, and this sleeve a is encircled by another sleeve d, having a dependa ing plate e for action in the loop b of the previouslymentioned or fixed sleeve a. The second-mentioned or loose sleeve d is in connection with a sliding sleeve f, which entaining it in position at the ends of the up' and-down movements being obtained Aby a spring h, bearing against the presser-bar,

or other device in connection therewith.

. The loop b of the fixed sleeved is provided with two holes 't' for the wool or thread j to pass through on its way to theneedle 7c.

The presser-foot Z is made adjustable as to height, and its toes fm n are made wider than usual, one toe n having a movement sidewise and carrying a pin p for being held in position by a screw q, this al'so clamping the presser-foot to the presser-bar g.

1n connection with the above I employ a tambour-frame, Figs. 13 and 14, on which the material to be worked is stretched, and the frame I prefer to employ is constructed as a band r, connected at its ends by a right and left hand screw and provided around its outer periphery with pins t, onto which the mate rial to be worked is passed, and action on the screw will expand the band, and thus stretch the material. When the appliances are fitted, the bobbin or reel under the work-plate is not required, and it is preferable t-o remove same from its traveler.

The wool, silk, or other material is run from the reel or bobbin through the two holes t' in the loop b and then threaded through the needle, and when the needle is at the top of its stroke, Fig. 1, the wool j is in a locked position, as hereinafter described, and the combined sleeves df are situated at the lower part of the fixed sleeve d, and when the need1ebar is depressed said sleeve a will slide in the movable sleeve d (this being retained in position by the spring h or other device on the sliding sleevef) until the screw or pin u of the fixed sleeve a comes in contact with the upper edge of the movable sleeve d, (the wool being by this movement freed,) when the further motion will carry the combined sleeves f CZ downward, the wool j at the same time being drawn from the reel or bobbin through IOO ' z' just above the base, the wool j will bey the Work. The needle 7a has now reached the bottom ofV its'stroke, Fig'. 3, and on thereturn' motion the fixed sleeve a will again slide about the movable sleeve d until the depending piece e of the fixed sleeve a comes in contact with the bottom of the loop b of the fixed.I Sleeve ce, to carry 'the combined sleeves CZ f and lock the wool. During this portion of the motion the needle has been leaving the material-and the wool is free; but so soon as the depending piece e reaches the wool j, which has been passed through the two holes jammed by the weight of the combined sleeves df and become locked, which, so to speak, acts as the take-up during the upward mti-oniof the needle 7c, a portion of the Wool be- 'fin'g left-in loop form .on the under side of the fabric', thewool being locked until j ust about the'rst movement of the return stroke for ina-hing the next stitch.

The `inaterial (or a portionv ofv same) to be workedisstretched on the frame fr, Fig. 13, before described, and being passed under the presser'efootl can'be manipulated for stitch- 'in'gfto any desired design and inany desired manner, the stitchingllines crossing` and re.-

crossingfeach other, according to the manipul lation' and closeness oly the' pile or embroidery required; the loopsA on the under side'oi:` the material, whichv in wear would be the face, forming a kind ofv pile of great substance and of' pretty effect forl many articles of wearingappareland ornament.

The depths of the loops v, formingthe pile,

are determined by the length ofthe depending loop Z) of the fixed carrier and the plate e of movable sleeved.'

The drawings show the presser-foot bar and the needle-bar as being of square formation; but such may be round or of other shape, as desired. p

What I claim5 and desire to secure by Letl. A turfing attachment for sewing-machines consisting of a sleeve a having a depending holed loop b affixed to the presserfoot bar o; combined sleeves f d, sleeve f encircling the presser-foot bar g, the sleeve d encircling the sleeve aand having a depending plate e having action/With the loop b; and means for normally maintaining said combined sleeves in a fixed position, substantially asset forth. y

2. VA turing attachment for sewing-machines consisting ofl ay sleeved having4 aldevpending loopv b and iixed to the needle-baro; 

